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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
As interesting as the conversation is, it's kind of fruitless.
Religion is irrelevant in terms of misogyny. It occurs in every religion and outside of religion as well. Muslim, Christian, whatever... Gandhi was a misogynist. Misogyny today is a mix of old world thinking and the lowest common denominator. You can argue all you want about who is more misogynistic but it's completely irrelevant.
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The problem is that as western society has matured, we have been able to recognize the misogyny and are gradually creating a society where it is not acceptable. When you have bound your life to a book, and those words tell you that it is not just acceptable, but the will of God then it makes it very hard to move on from one part of it without abandoning the rest. And it's not just the Koran, there are many sects of Christianity that take it literally.
A solution to all of this is some massive examining of religious texts by leaders to update them to modern standards so people can continue to maintain their beliefs, but not have to be hateful to do that. I understand their are some religions that do this by not taknig passages literally, and accepting them as "texts of the day" no longer relevant in their literal interpretation, but they are by far the minority.